Father includes gender neutral language into The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

[Ganoncrotch]

c03n3nj0 said:

S.Peelman said:
I don't exactly see the point and it seems like his kid doesn't exactly care or realize any of this anyway (the text makes it seem his child hasn't even played or wanted to play the game, "just in case"), but sure if he wants to do this go ahead. It's not like modding isn't a thing in a million other games either. In that sense I agree this is in no way newsworthy because it's just a mod, nothing more.

In the real world, by the way, Link's male.

Dude, seriously? 

In the real world Link is a fictional character, whose gender can be changed when the creators damn well please. 

OT: The reactions in this thread disappoint me. It's the guy's daughter, who probably likes girly things and maybe won't like to play as a male character. Kids prefer characters that are more like them. He's being a great dad, and it's not a waste of his time. 

What he is doing is illegally modifying a games code, Nintendo owns the rights to the Link to the Past program, music and scenario, if he is changing that so that his kid can enjoy it he is breaking the law, what happens when she wants to go watch a movie lol, is he going to dub over every line so all the characters in films are female so she can associate more with it? this is just daft and sadly it's just picked up the attention of people who have issues with ".... I was going to use the term for it but it's a BS term so I can't be arsed to repeat it, but who have issues with Male and Female people and characters being different.

Like the bottom line of this is he is altering code which there is a software license inside the cover of the SNES game which states he isn't meant to do that.